Adding directories for storing BLAST databases
In the web interface of the server, you can configure your Server for BLAST databases:
Admin (
) | BLAST ()
Here, you can add a folder where you want the Server to look for BLAST databases. Any folder used for BLAST databases accessible to the CLC Science Server must already have been configured as an import/export directory. This is a different situation than for other algorithms, where the data is stored in data locations. This difference is because BLAST databases are not truly CLC data, and thus are stored outside data locations specified for CLC data. They still need to be stored somewhere accessible to the Genomics Server process though, hence the need to put them in a directory configured as an import/export directory.
Clicking Edit BLAST Database Locations will bring up a dialog as shown in figure 7.2 where you can select which of the import/export directories you wish to use for storing BLAST databases.
Figure 7.2: Adding import/export directories as BLAST database locations.
Once added as a BLAST Database Location, the CLC Science Server will search this directory for any BLAST databases and list them under the BLAST tab in the web interface (see a section of this as an example in figure 7.3).
Figure 7.3: Selecting database to BLAST against.
This overview is similar to the one you find in the Workbench BLAST manager for local databases including the following in formation:
- Name. The name of the BLAST database.
- Description. Detailed description of the contents of the database.
- Date. The date the database was created.
- Sequences. The number of sequences in the database.
- Type. The type can be either nucleotide (DNA) or protein.
- Total size (1000 residues). The number of residues in the database, either bases or amino acid.
- Location. The location of the database.